Many of you are very concerned about radioactive contamination in Sendai and the Tohoku region due to the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Incident. The air radiation level in Sendai and other cities of the Tohoku region are not high when compared to other cities around the world. Sendai city will try to provide radiation related information that is as accurate as possible. So please do not be deceived by rumors and determine the safety of Sendai and the Tohoku region based on factual information by yourselves.

Comparison of radiation levels in each city

 Impact of Nuclear Power Plant & Radiation Rerated Date

Cities in the Tohoku Region, Japan

	City	Radiation level (uSv/h)	Date of Measurement
1	Aomori City（Aomori Pref.）	0.029	2023.8.25
2	Morioka City（Iwate Pref.）	0.020	2023.8.25
3	Sendai City（Miyagi Pref.）	0.037	2023.8.25
4	Akita City（Akita Pref.）	0.033	2023.8.25
5	Yamagata City（Yamagata Pref.）	0.048	2023.8.25
6	Fukushima City（Fukushima Pref.）	0.11	2023.8.25

 

World Cities

	City	Radiation level (uSv/h)	Date of Measurement
7	Tokyo	0.035	2023.8.25
8	New York	0.046	2019.1.18
9	Paris	0.043	2017.10.15
10	Berlin	0.078	2019.9.27
11	Singapore	0.100	2019.9.26
12	Hong Kong	0.090-0.140	2019.9.27
13	Beijing	0.072	2019.9.24
14	Taipei	0.057	2019.1.21
15	Seoul	0.119	2019.9.24

(Reference)

1～6: Official Website of Nuclear regulation Authority

7～15：Official Website of the Japan National Tourism Organization

The City of Sendai measures air radiation levels, and radiation material levels in tapwater in Sendai. All collected data indicates their safety. Please see the following sites for detailed measurement results.

• Air Radiation Level(PDF:78KB)
• Radiation Material Level in Tap Water(PDF:64KB) (PDF:64KB)